Janet Reno Quotes

There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all a man does should make for rightness and soundness, that even the fixing of a tariff rate must be moral.

I was taught that the search for truth and the search for justice are not incompatible and are, in fact, essential.

I say that justice is truth in action.

In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'

You can't have justice unless you have truth.

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.

What I'm doing is writing stories about women who care about justice. They are women who think about the difference between right and wrong, what's legal and illegal, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral.

If principles don't determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics. Each is indispensable to civilization. Without law, we should be at the mercy of the least scrupulous; without ethics, law could not exist.

If you have to pay money to have the right thing done, it is only just and fair to do it.

My alignment is with what I perceive as just and fair. If it's with the Muslims, then I'm with the Muslims, if it's with the West then I'm with the West. It's about justice and fairness.

I will restore a government based on principle and justice.

The basis of my politics is, first of all, fairness and honesty.

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

Justice is truth in action.

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Marcus Garvey does not give a snap for anything human but justice, and that which is based upon righteousness.

I talk every day about doing the right thing.

We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail to ask ourselves not only what the law is, but what the law should be.

Human and moral factors must always be considered. They must never be missing from policies and from public discussion.

Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one - that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be.